Hot Tub Slab

Oops, what they call 10 mm rebar around here (1/2")

You can't beat a hot tub for relaxing and aches and pains. I never was in one until three years ago, and now I wouldn't be without one. I hear people poo pooing them, and I don't understand.

They really are great, and not a lot of upkeep.

Steve

Well, where do you live?

Cor> I could use a hot tub. Give it to me and I'll break up the slab for you. >

Thank you so much for the informative post.

I would not mind leaving it and making a second patio out of it, but it is off to the side of the house, not in the back where I would really use it.

I doubt that it has any rebar in it as the owner poured it himself.

I may try your method, and if all else fails, if my male friends cannot bust it up, then hire it out.

Many thanks.

Cor> Marcy wrote:

Everyone,

Thanks so much for all the great posts. I got so many replies that I hope all of you don't mind me sending a generic "Thank You".

I am not sure what I will do at this stage, but printed out your emails for my buddies to chew on.

The slab is 8" x 8", and I have a Yorkshire Terrier. I saw a great dog pen for her today that measures 7" x " that I might be able to put on top of it, just to keep her in it a few minutes every morning so I don't have to constantly be with her. She is very tiny and the owls will pick her up so I always have to be with her. If I got one of these pens, with a top on it, that may solve more than one problem.

Great group. Thanks guys.

Marcy

On Fri 24 Jun 2005 01:30:11a, Marcy wrote in alt.home.repair:

I think a 7" x 7" dog pen might even be too small for a yorkie. :-) Of course, if the slab is only 8" x 8", one could probably just pick it up with one hand and toss it away. :-)

Great for casual sex as well.

When I was young(er), I might of had at it with the sledge hammer. Nowdays, I would opt for some sort of power tool. The manly way would be to rent a dry concrete saw to score the slab into managable chunks, then use the sledge to break it up. The gentlemanly way would be to use a walk behind wet concrete saw.

Big jackhammers are brutal machines, best left to young, burly studs...

DJ

Dear God, I would much rather swing a hammer than eat the dust from a dry concrete saw. I'm telling you, it really ain't a big deal to do the sledge thing, and I'm 42.